Hello, again!

I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Phoenix Public Market this morning, where I bumped into a nice fellow purveying his home-made cheesecakes. Sidling up I shouted subtly, "PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE!" Lo and behold, he produced a sample from beneath his little table that was delicious. When I got to discussing how I share a pumpkin-based blog with my sister, he gave me the rest of the samples, which I distributed to my friends. I plan on ordering a whole one from him soon (as well as a sweet roasted garlic cheesecake - how bizarre!).

After the market, we visited Tammie Co. Cakes, which featured a pumpkin syrup that I asked be put in their iced chai. The boy I was with thought this sounded disgusting, but we all agreed that it was, in fact, delicious if not terribly sweet. It too was almost white, but the flavor was there - perhaps enhanced by the fact that chai is also spice-based. My roommate Liz got, later in the day, a pumpkin spice chai from Tea Infusion, which was similarly sweet and also good. Two weeks ago I had their unsweetened black tea, which was decidedly lacking in flavor, even after I loaded up on sweetener. They also feature an enormous pumpkin streudel that I will eventually try.

On the list of other items to try: Jamba Pumpkin Smash, Odwalla Pumpkin Spice, Dunkin' Donuts pumpkin donut, latté and muffin and all that other pumpkiny goodness.